I can't disagree with Dr. Blakely
Steering New Orleans’s Recovery With a Clinical Eye - NY Times
Several local politicians now want this guy fired. They are probably the "buffoons" that he has encountered in trying to rebuild. He has caused quite an uproar here, but I cannot disagree with anything he's said. He's right--and the first step in the road to recovery is realizing what kind of problems you have so you can fix them and move forward.
I call Dr. Blakely's comments "tough love." Sometimes, you have to hear the truth, no matter how much it hurts.
NEW ORLEANS, April 9 — In a city fond of its own self-portrait, Edward J. Blakely’s opinions are a shot of cold water.
Dr. Blakely, New Orleans’s belatedly appointed Hurricane Katrina recovery chief, refers to the city’s racial factions as “a bit like the Shiites and Sunnis,” calls the civic elite “insular,” and says the newcomers he wants to draw here will be impatient with local “buffoons.”
Several local politicians now want this guy fired. They are probably the "buffoons" that he has encountered in trying to rebuild. He has caused quite an uproar here, but I cannot disagree with anything he's said. He's right--and the first step in the road to recovery is realizing what kind of problems you have so you can fix them and move forward.
I call Dr. Blakely's comments "tough love." Sometimes, you have to hear the truth, no matter how much it hurts.
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